TRINIDAD – Sancti Spiritus, CUB

With today being a free day, most of the group were off either hiking to a nearby waterfall, cruising around on a local catamaran or on a scheduled local tour. Myself and Sarah, a rock licker (Geologist) from Perth, Western Australia decided to meander around town on our own.

We visited the local crafts markets, joined a free city walking tour for a bit, before breaking away for an awesome lunch at the Cubita Santander. A couple of Cristals and a chinwag at the Casa De La Cerveza (House of Beer) and we were back on the streets exploring Trinidad.

We happened upon a couple of galleries which had some stunning artwork on display. I don’t do the whole ‘trinket & t-shirt’ souvenir bullshit thing, but I will purchase artwork, which was the case at Galeria R-Evolucion which features the work of the owner Rafael Alvarez Alonso.

After a second visit to Casa De La Cerveza, Sarah and I returned to the Main Casa to meet up with the rest of the group for our included Salsa dance class. As there were ½ a dozen of us who were not interested in the Salsa lesson, I arranged for Ronaldo to come back instruct us on the art of making a Mojito, a Daiquiri and a Canchánchara as we obviously failed yesterday’s class.

Dinner was held just a little out of town at a place called Restaurante La Marinera whose specialty is seafood and while most of the group decided to continue on at a local nightclub – Discoteca Ayala (The Cave), that is situated in a huge subterranean cave, I on the other hand decided it was best to check my eyelids for holes.

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